Katy Perry is "saddened" by the fact that her shoes look like blackface

The fashion industry has broken down. Again. Two pairs of Katy Perry Collections shoes triggered a violent reaction and were expelled from stores for resembling Blackface. The pair of mules and high-heeled sandals (called "The Street Face Slip" and "The Ora Face Block Heel Sandal") feature large blue eyes and large red lips that uncomfortably resemble Minstr's makeup on black versions. shoes. Activist Tamika Mallory, co-chair of the 2019 Women's March, posted this picture on Instagram with the following caption: "Am I losing it?

Many other people have been offended, however, leading Walmart

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to remove shoes from their shelves Monday and their websites by Tuesday; they had sold at Dillard's for $ 129. Perry and its brand management company, Global Brands Group, told Page Six (which shares the same parent company as MarketWatch): "The Street and The Ora were part of a collection released last summer in 9 colors different (black, blue, gold, graphite, lead, nude, pink, red, silver) and considered as a nod to modern art and surrealism. I was saddened when it was brought to my attention that this was compared to painful images reminiscent of Blackface's. Our intention was never to inflict pain. We immediately removed them from katyperrycollections.com. This comes immediately after Gucci and Prada are also called for peddling products that look like blackface in their design. Gucci's $ 890 balaclava knit top featured an oversized black turtleneck that, when worn over the lower half of the wearer's face, featured a cutout for the mouth with oversized red lips. Buyers have noted that the brands Gucci and Perry misstep occurred during the month of black history.

Dear Katy Perry and Gucci, This is Black History Month, the perfect time to hire blacks for your team. SMDH. How many people have passed for approval before being made? You must do better pic.twitter.com/kQtn2UNkby– Ashlee Watson (@LilMissShlee) February 12, 2019

Gucci apologized on Feb. 6 with a statement posted on social media, commenting, "We believe that diversity is a core value that must be fully upheld, respected and at the forefront of all decisions we make. We are fully committed to increasing diversity within our organization and making this incident a powerful learning moment for the Gucci team and beyond. Prada had to create a collection of Pradamalia accessories, including purses, cell phone cases, jewelry and key rings. it was also strongly resembling racist caricatures; products sold for between $ 260 and $ 860 resembled black monkeys with enlarged red lips. They were originally displayed in the showcase of the Manhattan Soho boutique of the luxury brand. Prada responded in a statement on Twitter that the articles were supposed to be "imaginary creatures not wanting to refer to the real world and certainly not to the blackface." Prada Group has never intended to "go out". offend anyone and we abhor all forms of racist racism and images. "

Spike Lee, director of "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X," said he was boycotting Prada and Gucci until they hired black designers to help make that happen. do not happen again. "It's obvious to the Da people that they have not the slightest idea about Blackface's racist and hateful images. Wake up, "he wrote on Instagram. Meanwhile, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam faces resignation calls after a photo of his medical school's phone book appears recently showing a black-faced person and another with a hood and a Ku Klux Klan dress. Northam apologized for the early photo, admitting that he was there (without revealing what offensive attire he was wearing), but then denied being on this photo. He also admitted to having already played blackface for a dance competition in San Antonio. And last fall, NBC canceled Megan Kelly's 9-hour show, which was part of the morning slate "today," after the host said "a white person who puts the black jaw on Halloween or a black person who does it for Halloween "was OK, as she was growing" as long as you dressed as a character ". Yet a new Pew Research Center poll released on Monday revealed that about one-third of Americans agree; 34% said that Blackface was "always or sometimes acceptable" as a Halloween costume. The survey was done before the controversy over Northam hit the headlines. However, there are deep racial and partisan divisions between accepting Blackface. White adults (39%) were about twice as likely as black adults (19%) to say that using black face as part of a Halloween costume could to be acceptable, while Hispanic respondents were in the middle at 28%. And about half of the Republicans and those who turn to the Republican Party (51%) said the blackface was acceptable "sometimes," with about a quarter (24%) saying "always acceptable." In comparison, most Democrats and Democrats (67%) said the blackface was not acceptable, with about half saying it was never acceptable.